“We expect that our decision will encourage other developers to bring animal biotechnology products forward for the FDA’s risk determination, paving the way for [genome-edited] animals to more efficiently reach the marketplace.”
– The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA)
Steven Solomon, on the agency’s approval of the first
CRISPR cows. The new breed was ‘engineered’ to endure climate change: their slick, short hair is said to help the animals cope with hot weather.